abetunar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ betún (“shoe polish”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abetuˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞e.t̪uˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧be‧tu‧nar

Verb

abetunar (first-person singular present abetuno, first-person singular preterite abetuné, past participle abetunado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to shine with shoe polish

   Synonym: embetunar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abetunar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abetunar
gerund			abetunando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abetunado		abetunada
		plural		abetunados		abetunadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abetuno	abetunastú abetunásvos	abetuna	abetunamos	abetunáis	abetunan
	imperfect	abetunaba	abetunabas	abetunaba	abetunábamos	abetunabais	abetunaban
	preterite	abetuné	abetunaste	abetunó	abetunamos	abetunasteis	abetunaron
	future	abetunaré	abetunarás	abetunará	abetunaremos	abetunaréis	abetunarán
	conditional	abetunaría	abetunarías	abetunaría	abetunaríamos	abetunaríais	abetunarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abetune	abetunestú abetunésvos2	abetune	abetunemos	abetunéis	abetunen
	imperfect (ra)	abetunara	abetunaras	abetunara	abetunáramos	abetunarais	abetunaran
	imperfect (se)	abetunase	abetunases	abetunase	abetunásemos	abetunaseis	abetunasen
	future1	abetunare	abetunares	abetunare	abetunáremos	abetunareis	abetunaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abetunatú abetunávos	abetune	abetunemos	abetunad	abetunen
	negative		no abetunes	no abetune	no abetunemos	no abetunéis	no abetunen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “abetunar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10